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Young Women

Young Women’s Health

Adolescence and early adulthood bring significant physical, emotional, and lifestyle changes. Stress, academic pressure, athletic demands, and changing routines can affect sleep, energy, digestion, and menstrual health — making it difficult to feel comfortable and confident in your body.

At Balance, our approach focuses on supporting you as a whole person — helping to promote hormonal regulation, ease physical discomfort, and improve resilience during times of stress and transition.

Supporting Health and Stress Resilience

Acupuncture supports your body’s natural regulatory systems, helping you to respond more calmly and efficiently to physical and emotional stress.

Treatment may include:

  • Acupuncture to support nervous system balance and ease stress-related symptoms
  • Support for menstrual discomfort and cycle irregularity
  • Herbal medicine and supplement guidance when appropriate
  • Lifestyle and nutrition recommendations
  • Strategies to improve energy, sleep quality, and overall wellbeing

Care plans are individualized and adapted to age, comfort level, and personal health goals.

Support May Be Appropriate If You Are Experiencing:

  • Painful or irregular periods
  • Stress-related tension or headaches
  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Mood fluctuations or emotional overwhelm
  • Digestive discomfort
  • Fatigue or low energy
  • Back, neck, or pelvic discomfort

Begin Care

You may begin by scheduling:

  • An Initial Acupuncture Appointment, or
  • An Integrative Health Consultation (available in person or virtually)

Together, we develop a personalized plan to help you feel more balanced, resilient, and supported in your health.

Want to learn how I can help? Schedule your online call below:

Ready to take your health to a whole new level? Schedule your initial visit below:

  • PMS
  • Painful Periods
  • Irregular Periods
  • Headaches
  • Mood Changes (anxiety, depression, irritability)
  • Insomnia
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Patient Success Stories

Agonizing Pain to Regained Freedom: 16-Year-Old Overcomes Debilitating Periods, Returns to School and Sports Within 3 Months

Ella was a 16-year-old girl who came to me because she was suffering from intense pain during her periods. Her period was also irregular, and she lived in fear of when it might come. When she did get it, she would be out of commission for about two days with severe pain, a very heavy flow and exhaustion. She was missing school and orchestra practice and she had recently quit the volleyball team because she felt overwhelmed by trying to manage her periods and the other things going on in her life. She wanted to know why she was experiencing so much pain and if there was anything that could be done to help her. She had never had acupuncture before, but her mother had had success with using acupuncture to regulate her periods and wanted her to try it. I explained that by stimulating the right acupoints, we could help regulate her cycle and alleviate menstrual pain. Our goal was to regulate her period so that she felt less stressed about the onset of her period and be able to participate normally in school, music, and sports. Ella came for acupuncture for 3 months and experienced significant improvement. Her period stopped coming more than once a month and eventually settled into a regular rhythm. When it did come, she had significantly less pain, which could be addressed with one dose of ibuprofen and her flow leveled out so that it was not so heavy. With a more predictable cycle, a normal flow, and tools to manage cramps, she went back to playing sports, music and having a full teen life.

Unlocking the Secrets of Puberty: 12-Year-Old Conquers Cramps, Pain, and Mood Swings, Discovers the True Magic of Her Changing Body

Cara’s mom brought her to see me when she was 12 years old. She had gotten her first period about 6 months earlier and her mother had noticed a real shift in her mood and overall happiness. Her mom had very difficult periods as a teen and was put on birth control to regulate them at age 14. She wanted to know if there were other options for her daughter. Cara’s periods were still irregular and were accompanied by cramping and feelings of sadness and irritability. She told me that she hated having her period and she felt like her body was mad at her. She wanted to know if it would always be like this for her and what she could do about it. The first thing that I did was to spend time with Cara and her mom talking about what is normal for the first stages of getting your period. They were able to ask all of their questions and together, we made a plan for Cara. I explained that by stimulating the right acupoints, we could help regulate her cycle, alleviate pain and lift her mood. She was very open to acupressure and her mother was interested in learning the acupoints so she could do them for her daughter at home. They agreed to come in for 2 acupuncture visits during the first cycle, and then one visit per cycle after that. After the first 2 treatments, her next cycle was much less painful. I saw her for one more cycle, which came 28 days later and was much less painful. Cara and her mom both said that they felt relieved by this approach to managing menstrual issues.

Conquering PMS Nightmares: 22-Year-Old College Student Finds Relief from Severe Symptoms, Discovers Empowering Tools for Monthly Harmony

Marguerite was 22 years old when she came to see me. She was a college student who suffered from severe PMS each month. She felt irritable and hopeless for about a week before every period. She had tried several medications, including birth control and various depression medications. She was frustrated by taking these medications, which did not change the feelings that she had when she was premenstrual and had side effects that she had to deal with throughout the entire month. She had used acupuncture for headaches in the past and wondered if it would help with her PMS. Marguerite and I talked about her lifestyle, stress level, and the impact of hormones on her sense of well-being. I completed an acupuncture assessment and discovered that Marguerite fit into the category of excess tension and hormonal dysregulation. I explained that acupuncture can help with the hormonal changes that were causing her to feel so unwell around her period. I suggested a plan for her that included acupuncture as well as getting some support from a counselor at her school. She came to each visit and followed the plan that we had laid out. Within the first two cycles of treatment, the length of time that she experienced PMS symptoms decreased from one week to 3 days. In the cycles that followed, it decreased even further, and the intensity also diminished. She felt more and more confident about managing her mood changes around her period. When she left to go home at the end of the semester, she told me that she felt like she had a very solid set of tools for PMS and no longer dreaded the week before her period.

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